Two Cabinet ministers and a number of Knesset members have consulted a Jerusalem astrologer regarding their electoral chances, according to the astrologer, Ilan Pecker. Addressing the capital’s Rotary Club, Pecker would not reveal the identities of his new clients. His own prediction, he said, was that the May 17 elections would prove inconclusive and a second round would have to be held before the end of 1977.
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